Deputies arrest Charlotte Walmart theft suspects

Charlotte County detectives said they have arrested the two women caught on surveillance cameras for stealing merchandise Sunday at the Murdock WalMart.

Deputies said they obtained store photos of the two women pushing carts out of the store without paying for $624 in merchandise.

Their photos were advertised on area television, newspapers, and the CCSO website/Facebook. CCSO said they received numerous tips on the identity of the women.

Detectives said they went to 21339 Cottonwood Ave., Port Charlotte, at 10 a.m. and arrested Nichole C. Goff, 31, and Julie Marie Northcutt, 39, for Grand Theft -- after they observed the red pickup in the driveway used to haul away the merchandise.

They told deputies that they were going to turn themselves in and realized they were wrong for stealing the items from WalMart.

Deputies said Goff and Northcutt admitted to having bad drug problems and stole the items to sell for pills. Both said they had already sold the stolen items for four pills, deputies reported.

Deputies said they were contacted by WalMart security after they were reviewing surveillance video and observed Goff and Northcutt enter the store at 10:47 a.m.

Goff went to the Electronics Department and put a 32-inch Samsung television in her cart; then two other electronic items and also put them in her cart, according to the report.

Northcutt went to the Home Department and put a $198 Pro Shark Vacuum in her cart.

Both left the store passing all points of sale; they put the stolen merchandise in the bed of a red Chevrolet pickup and drove off.

Detectives are continuing the investigation.

Goff and Northcutt were being processed at the Charlotte County Jail Monday afternoon; each had a $2,500 bond.